I am assuming that only very few of us are lucky enough to see FCB actually play in the Allianz Arena, and am also assuming that some of us are getting their kicks by watching local teams closer to home. I am interested in who it is that you are following and supporting.

I for my part am supporting the "Western Sydney Wanderers". The club was only formed in April this year, and is playing its first season in the A-League. As the Wanderers' home ground in Parramatta (21,500 capacity) is only 10 kms away from where I live, I now use the opportunity to regularly watch first division football down under. The quality of the football is probably equivalent to 2nd division in Germany. Not crash hot, but quite watchable. The game is robust and physical. Diving and similar antics are frowned upon. The Wanderers attract crowds between 7000 and 9000 which is quite all right for Australian standards. The supporter base is a representation of the ethnically diverse mix of people living in Sydney's West. Think ex Yugoslavs, Greeks, Italians, Africans, Lebanese, Maltese, Asians, etc and "white" Aussies sitting peacefully next each other. Western Sydney Wanderers FC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Across town, on the other side of the harbour is the home of the established Sydney FC which plays in the beautiful Allianz Stadium (capacity 45,500). The suburbs there are more upmarket and posh, and so are the supporters, arguably. The club has a reputation of being the top address in Australian club football, and somehow managed to sign Alessandro Del Pierro from Juve three months ago. They also have a reputation of being Australia's version of "FC Hollywood", and, despite Del Piero, have all sorts of problem on an off the pitch. We are only in match day 11, and they have their third coach already.

Last night saw the second Sydney derby, this time at Allianz Stadium in front of 26,000 very vocal and enthusiastic spectators, me being one of them. To my delight the Wanderers were well on top of Sydney FC and won this away match 2:0. Think St. Pauli winning at HSV, or Union Berlin at Hertha, or (God forbid) Nuremberg in Munich. Wanderers exact derby revenge | A-League | Fox Sports

The highlights don't do the game any justice. Rest assured it was a rousing night of football, and it was hands down the best game of club football that I've seen here. Next to me sat a Tottenham supporter, and even though he watched the contest through Premier League glasses, he actually saw "a really good game".

No doubt it is the post-match excitement which motivated me to open up this threat. Nevertheless, I am hoping that some of you found these lines interesting enough. There you go then. Looking forward to hearing from others.

Anyways Sydney, what were your reasons for deciding to support Western Sydney Wanderers?

The atmosphere. The people are very excited about their team, and exciting in their way of support. It came quite as a surprise to me how I got sucked in as quickly as I did.

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Did you not support an Australian team prior to their establishment?

Only the Australian National Team, the "Socceroos". Most people here only cared about Rugby League, Rugby Union, Australian Rules Football (all played with an oval shape ball), and Cricket (a bit like Baseball, I guess, and boring as batsh1t). They Socceroos won whole nation over when they qualified for the 2006 WC by eliminating Uruguay in a penalty shoot out back in 2005, in front of a sell out crowd of more than 80,000. It was the wake up call for football here. A night that I will never forget.Australia vs Uruguay WCQ Penalty Shootout - YouTube

My club is Bayern. Period. Then I have my home club, which I also support, which are Nacional de Montevideo, and then there are clubs which I like but not necessarily support, such as Juventus, Barcelona, or Internacional de Porto Alegre.